OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Topics in Current Chemistry is 15. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Enantioselective Allylic C–H Bond Oxidation of Olefins Using Copper Complexes of Chiral Oxazoline Based Ligands	222
Solar-Driven Photocatalytic Films: Synthesis Approaches, Factors Affecting Environmental Activity, and Characterization Features	85
Covalent and Non-covalent Functionalized Nanomaterials for Environmental Restoration	82
Sonochemical Protocols for Heterocyclic Synthesis: A Representative Review	74
Plasmonic Hybrid Nanostructures in Photocatalysis: Structures, Mechanisms, and Applications	63
Multicomponent Reactions Using C,N-Binucleophilic Nature of Aminopyrazoles: Construction of Pyrazole-Fused Heterocycles	60
Bioorthogonal Chemistry in Cellular Organelles	59
Construction of 1,4-Dihydropyridines: The Evolution of C4 Source	49
Palladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Aminations: An Outline	47
Photo-activatable Reagents for Bioorthogonal Ligation Reactions	46
Correction to: Covalent and Non-covalent Functionalized Nanomaterials for Environmental Restoration	45
Recent Advances in Bioorthogonal Ligation and Bioconjugation	43
Recent Advances in Semiconductor Heterojunctions and Z-Schemes for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation	43
Recent Progress in Fragmentation of Katritzky Salts Enabling Formation of C–C, C–B, and C–S Bonds	41
Review on Amphiphilic Ionic Liquids as New Surfactants: From Fundamentals to Applications	41
Strategies Toward the Catalyst-Free α-C–H Functionalizations of Tertiary Amines	40
Vision on Synthetic and Medicinal Facets of 1,2,4-Triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,4]thiadiazine Scaffold	38
Methods for Direct Reductive N-Methylation of Nitro Compounds	35
Total RNA Synthesis and its Covalent Labeling Innovation	35
Photocatalytic Reforming of Biomass: What Role Will the Technology Play in Future Energy Systems	33
Promising Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Derivatives; A Case Study for Preparations, Fabrication Mechanisms, and Applications in Perovskite Solar Cells	31
Bioorthogonal Reactions in Bioimaging	31
Proton Conductive Lanthanide-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks: Synthesis Strategies, Structural Features, and Recent Progress	30
Ensemble Density Functional Theory of Neutral and Charged Excitations	30
Synthetic Approaches, Biological Activities, and Structure–Activity Relationship of Pyrazolines and Related Derivatives	30

Electron and Energy Transfer Mechanisms: The Double Nature of TiO2 Heterogeneous Photocatalysis	29
Metal-Free Catalysis in C–C Single-Bond Cleavage: Achievements and Prospects	29
Progress of Metal Nanomaterial Controllable Preparation by Photoreduction	26
Recent Advances in the Application of P(III)-Nucleophiles to Create New P−C Bonds through Michaelis–Arbuzov-Type Rearrangement	24
In Situ TEM under Optical Excitation for Catalysis Research	24
Water-Soluble Carbon Monoxide-Releasing Molecules (CORMs)	21
NAST: Nonadiabatic Statistical Theory Package for Predicting Kinetics of Spin-Dependent Processes	20
Pt(IV) Complexes in the Search for Novel Platinum Prodrugs with Promising Activity	19
Recent Trends in Photocatalytic Enantioselective Reactions	19
Recent Progress in Phenoxazine-Based Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent Compounds and Their Full-Color Organic Light-Emitting Diodes	18
Current Synthetic Approaches to the Synthesis of Carbasugars from Non-Carbohydrate Sources	18
The Intramolecular Povarov Tool in the Construction of Fused Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles	18
Functionalized Triazines and Tetrazines: Synthesis and Applications	17
Photothermal Catalytic CO2 Conversion: Beyond Catalysis and Photocatalysis	17
Critical Analysis of Hydrogen Production by Aqueous Methanol Sonolysis	17
Photon Upconversion Systems Based on Triplet–Triplet Annihilation as Photosensitizers for Chemical Transformations	16
Structure-Based Drug Design of RdRp Inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2	16
Conjugates of Tetrapyrrolic Macrocycles as Potential Anticancer Target-Oriented Photosensitizers	16
Recent Advances in MXene Quantum Dots: A Platform with Unique Properties for General-Purpose Functional Materials with Novel Biomedical Applications	16
Unlocking Diversity: From Simple to Cutting-Edge Synthetic Methodologies of Bis(indolyl)methanes	16
Phosphorescent Ir(III) Complexes for Biolabeling and Biosensing	16
In situ and Operando Spectroscopies in Photocatalysis: Powerful Techniques for a Better Understanding of the Performance and the Reaction Mechanism	16
Alginate-Based Smart Materials and Their Application: Recent Advances and Perspectives	15
Single-Atoms on Covalent or Metal–Organic Frameworks: Current Findings and Perspectives for Pollutants Abatement, Hydrogen Evolution, and Reduction of CO2	15
Laser-Induced Transfer of Functional Materials	15
Greener Syntheses of Coumarin Derivatives Using Magnetic Nanocatalysts: Recent Advances	15
Nitrogen-Containing Heterocyclic Compounds Obtained from Monoterpenes or Their Derivatives: Synthesis and Properties	15